Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 11:49:17 10/01/00
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On October 01, 2000 at 14:18:26, Severi Salminen wrote: >On October 01, 2000 at 12:39:07, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>I just replaced my 5 GB UDMA 66 running at 5400 RPM in my AMD K6-II 500 Mhz >>with a 20 GB Ultra ATA 100 running at 7200 RPM, then I decided to pit it >>against my other AMD Athlon 800 Mhz, which is using a 13.5 GB but with a >>UDMA 66 running at only 5400 RPM. Both computers are using Fritz 6a with 128 >>SDRAM and to my surprise after 30 games at G/60 mins per side the AMD K6-II >>500 MHz is winning with a small marging of 2 games. I truly believe that even >>the small speed difference of my Athlon 800 MHz vs the AMD K6-II 500 MHz which >>should not be over 30 rating points using the same software, is not enough to >>challenge the new Ultra ATA 100 running at 7200 RPM. My only conclusion is >>that the new Ultra ATA running at 100 instead of 66 and with a 7200 RPM vs >>5400 RPM made a big difference here. > >It has nothing to do with IDE interface speed. No harddrive today needs the >ATA/100. But your 20GB hard drive might be faster (is it IBM DeskStar? - it is >the best). But I think that the biggest reason for your result is the number of >games - 30 is just too little. Play 270 more and post the results. Then we'll >draw some conclusions! > >Severi Yes it is a IBM DeskStar, but the ATA/100 is not what is making it faster it is probably the 7200 RPM vs the 5400 RPM. In such a little test as 31 games so far the score is norrowing with only 1 game lead to my Athlon 800 MHz and with such a small difference in rating points between the AMD K6-II 500 MHz and the Athlon 800 MHz anything can happen in a small test with less than 100 games. Next I will test my CMKing+ vs Fritz 6b using the Chessmaster.obk, when Daniel decides to send it to me. Pichard.
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